KT News and Comment: A ‘Million Man March’ is due to take place today in the Iraqi cities of Anbar and Samarah, in protest against Nuri Maliki’s Shia-dominated government. This mass demonstration will be supported by other protests called by Sunni parties and activists in Baghdad, Samara, Mousul, Dywania and other cities across the south of…
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KT News and Comment: On Wednesday Iraqi federal government forces arrested ten of finance minister Rafei al-Essawi’s bodyguards on the pretext of their alleged involvement in terrorism and other illegal activities. According to Alsumaria News this action against a leading Sunni politician has exacerbated Iraq’s sharp internal discord. There have been demonstrations across southern Iraq…
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